Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Ryan Grinnell (Medicine) presented a poster, "Growing Pains: Expanding on the BIG Criteria to Include Minor Fractures," at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting in Las Vegas on behalf of his coauthors Dr. Matt Perryman and Dr. Allison McNickle (both Medicine). This project evaluated whether…
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine), Amalie Alver (Medicine), Arpita Basu (Kinesiology), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Shelley Williams (Dental Medicine) and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) published “The Association of Dietary Micronutrient Intake and Systemic Inflammation among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study” in the journal…
Dr. Beverly Neyland and Dr. Jeremy Kilburn (both Medicine) have been honored as Healthcare Heroes by Nevada Business Magazine. Neyland was awarded Educator of the Year, and Kilburn was named Community Partner of the Year. The magazine relies on a panel of judges to sort through nominations and determine the top healthcare professionals in their…
Christopher J. Fang (Medicine) gave a research poster presentation at Clinical Orthopaedic Society’s 112th annual meeting.
Amy Stone (Medicine), along with colleagues recently published an article, "Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of rapid antigen tests for COVID19 compared to the viral genetic test in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis," in the journal JBI Evidence Synthesis.
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) presented at a plenary session of the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit held in Atlanta, GA on August 16. The presentation titled Process and Pearls for Successful Adult Vaccination Workflow Improvement in an Endocrinology Clinic described the approach taken by the UNLV Health quality improvement…
Dr. Allison McNickle and Dr. Shirong Chang (both Medicine), along with collaborators from University Medical Center published an article, "A Pediatric Brain Injury Guideline Allows Safe Management of Traumatic Brain Injuries by Trauma Surgeons" in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Deborah A. Kuhls, Bertille Mavegam Tango, Kavita Batra , Noehealani Antolin (all Medicine), along with Courtney Coughenour, Max Gakh, William Porter, Darin Mains, Kacie Washburn (all Public Health), and William Sousa (Urban Affairs), presented findings from the Statistical Transparency of Policing (STOP) Project, resulting from SB 236 (…
Noehealani Antolin, Ana Reyes, Nicole Bacani, Merika Charupoom, Kavita Batra, Bertille Mavegam Tango, and Deborah A. Kuhls (all Medicine) presented "An Overview of Nevada Non-adjudicated Citations 2018-2021 - A Descriptive Analysis" at the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) Conference on August 14 in San Diego,…
The Department of Family and Community Medicine was awarded a three-year grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to continue the Nevada Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (Nevada RESEP). Led by Laura Shaw MD, associate professor, Nevada RESEP provides free medical screenings, education, and…
Kelly Tseng, an associate professor in the School of Life Sciences with a secondary appointment at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, has been awarded one of the 2023 Rosalind Franklin Society Awards in Science from the Rosalind Franklin Society. These prestigious annual awards were started in 2021 to recognize outstanding contributions in…
Karl Aharonian, Henry Krasner, Jeffrey Martin, Kavita Batra, Meher Yepremyan (all Medicine) presented a poster of their study entitled "Climate and Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: A Comprehensive Review" at the Global Ophthalmology Summit held in Portland, Oregon.
Aharonian, Krasner, Martin are third year medical students and…